Alex Callinicos/SWP vs Laurie Penny/New Statesman Facebook handbags

[treelover]

It's Luke Haines and Cathal Coughlan havin a laff. (of sorts)

Cathal Coughlan.

Spoiler

Luke Haines.

Spoiler

Blimey, I promoted Microdisney a couple of times in the mid 80's, nice guy

 

[binka]

can you imagine what sort of cunt you'd have to be to get elected president of oxford union? it's already been established that oxford is for the ambitious, only the most ambitious of those will try and become president of the union so you'd have to be a real shit to win that election

 

[DotCommunist]

I won that pound fair and square!!

thats what they all say #protocols

 

[treelover]

Here's another ex-President this time the Business Development Director of Sleepio which gives online assistance to people who are stressed and can't sleep - for a fee natch'.

Not exactly a high flyer then...

 

[rekil]

The last one kept losing his keys apparently.

 

[frogwoman]

So people are going around dressed like this

...roleplaying racists?

Human beings are so weird

See, their is nothing intrisicaly wrong with the steampunk aesthetic, it's actuall quite cool when don correct. Look to my man in the corner there. He is holding what looks like a minigun machine thing. He is done out in dapper apparel. Why not?

some of is bredrins there, dear o dear. No.

the point of steampunk as a literary aesthetic is great, the dressing up-well. Observe.

Theres also loads of values associated with steampunk as a lit thing that don't sit right with me when it is done crass- there has been a rash of amerian authours in the last 4 years pumping out this stuff, neo scifi, often just the dressings without for an instance looking at what sort of society would produce it. lazy shit tbf.


em. rambling. just have a slight annoyance with the genre that does not wish to aknowledge the harsh realities /dc

 

[treelover]

Froggie, just interested to know how you knew that was a minigun, not everyone would, do you play games?

btw, brutal weapon, a relly of mine is a gunner using one in the Navy.

 

[frogwoman]

that was dc sorry lol

and he reckons it might not be a minigun anyway

 

[DotCommunist]

its got lots of barrels but having lots of them does not mean its a minigun.

In steampunk world it could be a load of rifles welded together and linked to a single trigger

 

[Nylock]

or a gatling*, possibly...




*I know that a minigun is basically a small gatling but it would be in keeping with the general tech ethos of the period to call it a gatling

 

[Dillinger4]

See, their is nothing intrisicaly wrong with the steampunk aesthetic, it's actuall quite cool when don correct. Look to my man in the corner there. He is holding what looks like a minigun machine thing. He is done out in dapper apparel. Why not?

some of is bredrins there, dear o dear. No.

the point of steampunk as a literary aesthetic is great, the dressing up-well. Observe.

Theres also loads of values associated with steampunk as a lit thing that don't sit right with me when it is done crass- there has been a rash of amerian authours in the last 4 years pumping out this stuff, neo scifi, often just the dressings without for an instance looking at what sort of society would produce it. lazy shit tbf.


em. rambling. just have a slight annoyance with the genre that does not wish to aknowledge the harsh realities /dc

wrong. 'steampunk' is rubbish.

 

[frogwoman]

wrong. 'steampunk' is rubbish.

much like your face

/dc

 

[Idris2002]

 

[sihhi]

Anna Chen aka Madame Miaow has performed steampunk - alternative history to describe successful Chinese resistance to western imperialism.

 

[Lo Siento.]

How old and unthreatening do your politics have to be to end up on a platform with Tariq Ali, Owen Jones Tony Benn, Lindsey German and Jeremy Corbyn?

 

[phildwyer]

can you imagine what sort of cunt you'd have to be to get elected president of oxford union?

 

[phildwyer]

Yeah there wouldnt be anything to do with the far-right about anyone who liked to dress as a victorian with a gun, not at all.

 

[love detective]

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How old and unthreatening do your politics have to be to end up on a platform with Tariq Ali, Owen Jones Tony Benn, Lindsey German and Jeremy Corbyn?

 

[Bakunin]

its got lots of barrels but having lots of them does not mean its a minigun.

In steampunk world it could be a load of rifles welded together and linked to a single trigger

'PERFUMED PONCE!'

 

[JimW]

'PERFUMED PONCE!'

First thing sprang to mind for me too. Sure I've seen similar in some Western or other. Was there a real such gun?

 

[phildwyer]

Violent Panda is deffo a fourby, he once cheated me out of a pound and then kiled christ. Case closed imo

Violet Panda yesterday:

 

[Greebo]

Fair enough, but I see you only came up with four.

 

[Greebo]

Violet Panda yesterday:<snip>

Give it a rest, sweetie.

 

[Greebo]

First thing sprang to mind for me too. Sure I've seen similar in some Western or other. Was there a real such gun?

If there wasn't, there should have been.

 

[sihhi]

Anna Chen in action.

Aren't the gas masks a bit weird?

Even Batman can be 19th century-ified

 

[Bakunin]

First thing sprang to mind for me too. Sure I've seen similar in some Western or other. Was there a real such gun?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nock_gun

The now-legendary Nock volley gun, yes. Which fired the slightly intimidating total of seven .50 calibre pistol balls all at the same time.

 

[weepiper]

Middle class dressing-up. Boring.

 

[JimW]

If there wasn't, there should have been.

I have resorted to Wikipedia for some Phil-depth level "research": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_multiple_barrel_firearms

 

[Greebo]

Even Batman can be 19th century-ified

That's just wrong on so many levels.

 

[Bakunin]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nock_gun

The now-legendary Nock volley gun, yes. Which fired the slightly intimidating total of seven .50 calibre pistol balls all at the same time.

It's very handy when popping to your nearest financial institution to request a 'no quibbling' loan.